| Women 100m Freestyle Swimming IV World Championship 1982 Guayaquil, Ecuador - 1st August - Gold Medal: Birgit Meineke-Heukrodt, East Germany      | 
| Final 01.08 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | pts |  | 1. Birgit Meineke-Heukrodt |   East Germany | 55.79s |   |   | 4 | 18 | 879 |  | 2. Annemarie Verstappen |   Netherlands | 55.87s | NR | +0.08s | 5 | 16 | 875 |  | 3. Jill Sterkel |   United States | 56.27s |   | +0.48s | 3 | 21 | 857 |  | 4. Karin Seick |   West Germany | 56.61s | NR | +0.82s | 1 | 20 | 841 |  | 5. Irina Gerasimova |   Soviet Union | 56.69s |   | +0.90s | 6 | 18 | 838 |  | 6. Caren Metschuck |   East Germany | 56.71s |   | +0.92s | 7 | 18 | 837 |  | 7. Agneta Eriksson |   Sweden | 56.90s |   | +1.11s | 8 | 17 | 828 |  | 8. Kathy Treible |   United States | 56.92s |   | +1.13s | 2 | 20 | 828 |   
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| Final B |   | time |   | gap | L | ag |  | 9. June Croft |   Great Britain | 57.06s |   |   | 3 | 19 |  | 10.Kaori Yanase |   Japan | 57.55s |   | +0.49s | 4 | 14 |  | 11.Susanne Schuster |   West Germany | 57.66s |   | +0.60s | 5 | 19 |  | 12.Carol Klimpel |   Canada | 57.82s |   | +0.76s | 2 | 19 |  | 13.Isabel Reuss |   Mexico | 57.91s |   | +0.85s | 1 | 20 |  | 14.Wilma Van Velsen |   Netherlands | 58.07s |   | +1.01s | 6 | 18 |  | 15.Sylvie Boube |   France | 58.38s |   | +1.32s | 8 | _ |  | 16.Nataliya Strunnikova |   Soviet Union | 58.45s |   | +1.39s | 7 | 18 |   
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Heats - Monday, 1sh August | 
| Best 8 times advanced to Final>. Next 8 times to Final B. | 
| Heat - |   | time |   | gap | L | ag |  | 1. Birgit Meineke-Heukrodt |   East Germany | 55.34s | CR |   | - | 18 |  | 2. Annemarie Verstappen |   Netherlands | 56.02s |   | +0.68s | - | 16 |  | 3. Jill Sterkel |   United States | 56.89s |   | +1.55s | - | 21 |  | 4. Irina Gerasimova |   Soviet Union | 57.00s |   | +1.66s | - | 18 |  | 5. Kathy Treible |   United States | 57.02s |   | +1.68s | - | 20 |  | 6. Caren Metschuck |   East Germany | 57.19s |   | +1.85s | - | 18 |  | 7. Karin Seick |   West Germany | 57.20s |   | +1.86s | - | 20 |  | 8. Agneta Eriksson |   Sweden | 57.44s |   | +2.10s | - | 17 |  | 9. Kaori Yanase |   Japan | 57.49s | NR | +2.15s | - | 14 |  | 10.Susanne Schuster |   West Germany | 57.54s |   | +2.20s | - | 19 |  | 11.June Croft |   Great Britain | 57.82s |   | +2.48s | - | 19 |  | 12.Wilma Van Velsen |   Netherlands | 57.92s |   | +2.58s | - | 18 |  | 13.Carol Klimpel |   Canada | 58.10s |   | +2.76s | - | 19 |  | 14.Nataliya Strunnikova |   Soviet Union | 58.49s |   | +3.15s | - | 18 |  | 15.Isabel Reuss |   Mexico | 58.51s |   | +3.17s | - | 20 |  | 16.Sylvie Boube |   France | 58.57s |   | +3.23s | - |   |  | 17.Suzanne Carol Baumer |   Australia | 58.58s |   | +3.24s | - | 16 | 4 4.  |  | 18.Virginia Sachero |   Argentina | 58.70s | SA | +3.36s | - | 21 |  | 19.Naomi Marubashi |   Canada | 58.78s |   | +3.44s | - |   |  | 20.Miki Saito |   Japan | 59.18s |   | +3.84s | - | 14 |  | 21.Pascale Verbauwen |   Belgium | 59.24s |   | +3.90s | - | 19 |  | 22.Marie-Therese Armentero |   Switzerland | 59.29s |   | +3.95s | - | 16 |  | 23.Beda Leirvaag |   Norway | 59.38s |   | +4.04s | - | 18 |  | 24.Silvia Persi |   Italy | 59.50s |   | +4.16s | - | 16 |  | 25.Claudia Zierold |   Switzerland | 59.81s |   | +4.47s | - |   |  | 26.Caroline Foot |   Great Britain | 59.94s |   | +4.60s | - | 17 |  | 27.Vilma Aguilera |   Puerto Rico | 59.98s | NR | +4.64s | - |   |  | 28.Sofia Dara |   Greece | 1:00.02 |   | +4.68s | - | 19 |  | 29.Carol Ann Heavey |   Ireland | 1:00.47 |   | +5.13s | - | 16 |  | 30.Frederique Piegao |   France | 1:00.96 |   | +5.62s | - |   |  | 31.Anita Hill |   Puerto Rico | 1:01.36 |   | +6.02s | - |   |  | 32.Shelley Katherine Cramer |   US Virgin Islands | 1:01.65 |   | +6.31s | - | 20 |  | 33.Tanya Bogomilova-Dangalakova |   Bulgaria | 1:01.83 |   | +6.49s | - | 18 |  | 34.Maria Bendito |   Venezuela | 1:02.30 |   | +6.96s | - |   |   
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